Stability of school academic performance across subject areas

Journal of Educational Measurement

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-18

  Ma, Xin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0035532031     PISSN: 00220655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3984.2001.tb01114.x     Document Type: Article

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